School: Clonmore, Teampoll Mór (roll number 12541)

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   6 As round as an apple as deep as a pail, it will never cry out till it is caught by the tail?
   Answer A bell.
   7 How is it a horse is never hungry?
   Answer. Because he always has a bit in his mouth.
   8 As I went up the hill of wonders, I met forty little devils tearing the hill asunder?
   Answer A man harrowing.
   9 Two dead men fighting two blind men looking on two cripples running for the police and two dummies telling them to hurry on?
   Answer A bag of lies
   10 How is a school master compared to an engine driver?
   Answer One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
   11 Ink, ank under the bank ten drawing four?
   Answer A woman milking a cow
   12 What side of meat fries first?
   Answer The side next the pan.
   13 What side of a cup is the handle on?
   Answer On the outside.
   14 Off it goes upon its toes and never looks behind it?
   Answer A train.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Martin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clonmore, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Patrick Cunningham

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clonmore, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Thomas Martin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clonmore, Co. Tipperary